As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2009.

Registration No. 333-140852

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
FORM S-1
Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933

STEN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

6141
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

41-1391803
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

10275 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 310
Minnetonka, Minnesota  55305
(952) 545-2776
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Kenneth W. Brimmer, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark F. Buckrey, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
STEN Corporation
10275 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 310
Minnetonka, Minnesota  55305
(952) 545-2776
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code, of agent for service)

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COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public:  From time to time as soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-140852) declared effective on April 5, 2007 and as amended by those certain Post-Effective Amendments No. 1 and 2 to the Registration Statement declared effective on January 9, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed to terminate the Registration Statement and deregister unsold renewable unsecured subordinated notes of the registrant, STEN Corporation.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-1 and as duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minnetonka and the State of Minnesota, on January 9, 2009.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons on the dates indicated: